Lord Hanningfield: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many nights the Deputy Prime Minister has spent at his official country residence, Dorneywood, in each of the past seven years; and what are the terms of the Dorneywood trust under which he uses the residence.

Lord Bach: The explanatory note which accompanied the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations (S.I. 2005/717) explained the reasons for making the regulations under the pow ers in Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
	As noted there, the Government could have made the amendments to the packaging regulations under the powers in the Environment Act 1995, but were faced with calls for very quick action in amending the regulations. In light of the (at the time) impending election and the associated restriction in the actions that can be taken, the Government considered that the quickest way to respond to the calls for rapid action was to make the changes using the powers in Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

Lord Berkeley: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Crossrail hybrid Bill procedure paper posted on the Department for Transport's website on 2 June.
	(a) why they consider Crossrail to be a project of national, as opposed to regional, importance; and whether a new underground railway line through Birmingham or Manchester would be treated in the same way; and
	(b) why the Transport and Works Act 1992 procedure is not available for Government schemes; and.
	(c) what defines a Government scheme.